Garnett Spears, who lived with his mother in the Fellowship Community off Route 45 in Rockland County, died at the Westchester Medical Center, authorities said.

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Police are investigating the Jan. 16 death of a 5-year-old Chestnut Ridge boy who had lifelong health problems.

Garnett Spears, who lived with his mother in the Fellowship Community off Route 45, died at the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla after being transferred there from Nyack Hospital, authorities said.

His 26-year-old mother, Lacey Spears, brought him to Nyack Hospital because he seemed to have a stomach virus, her sister told The Journal News on Tuesday. He died several days later. ...